Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!pacbell.com!lll-winken!telecom-request From: ehopper@attmail.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: 1-900-SPACE-SCAM Case Settled Message-ID: Date: 10 May 91 20:52:35 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 14 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 350, Message 5 of 10 KTRH Radio in Houston reports that a deal will be cut today between the operators of the "win-a-ride-on-a-Soviet-Spacecraft" 900 number contest and the Harris County District Attorney. The deal drops criminal charges in return for the promise not to conduct such a contest again and to refund money to all who participated in the previous contest. In addition, any money not claimed by the public by August will be split between the Texas Attorney Generals office and the Harris County DAs Office as illegal gambling proceeds. Ed Hopper